Hyperaspis transversoguttata Weise, 1878

Biranvand, Amir, Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Nedvěd, Oldřich, Khormizi, Mehdi Zare, Nicolas, Vincent, Canepari, Claudio, Shakarami, Jahanshir, Fekrat, Lida & Fürsch, Helmut, 2017, Review of the tribe Hyperaspidini Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4236 (2), pp. 311-326 : 320

Hyperaspis transversoguttata Weise, 1878

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Hyperaspis transversoguttata Weise 1878: 94 . Oxynychus alexandrae Weise 1890: 488 .

Material examined. 1♀: Iran, coll. Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum, det. Canepari and Fürsch. Distribution in Iran. Ramine region , Khuzestan (Duverger 1983).

General distribution. Iran (Duverger 1983), Iraq ( Ali et al. 1990), Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ( Kovář 2007), Turkey ( Kaydan et al. 2012). Host plants in Iran. This species has been collected from Tamarix sp. (Duverger 1983). Remarks. Specimen examined is deposited in Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum of the Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection , Iran.

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FIGURES 23 – 27. Dorsal habitus of Hyperaspis species. 23. H. reppensis (Herbst). 24. H. syriaca Weise. 25. H. transversoguttata Weise (female). 26. H. vinciguerrae Capra (female). 27. H. vinciguerrae Capra (male).